The Sweet Service Award goes to Woolworths at Constantia Emporium, for the cashier’s friendly service (not always guaranteed at Woolworths stores), and proactive offer to clean my credit card and to sanitise my hands after I finished paying for my shopping, something I’ve never experienced before. Continue reading →


The Sweet Service Award goes to Knead in the Constantia Emporium, and its waitress Olly (Molly without the M she said). Ten days ago I was in this lovely small shopping centre, wanting to shop at its fabulous Checkers store, and walked past Knead, succumbing to one of their hot cross buns displayed on a table outside the door. As I had to spend the day in the Southern Suburbs whilst waiting for my cat receiving treatment at the Peninsula Animal Hospital in Diepriver, I asked whether they have WiFi, as I needed to do my writing work. What a good decision it was, Olly bringing me an endless pot of Earl Grey tea, topped up with further pots of water, and a hot cross bun
The Sweet Service Award goes to Checkers at the Constantia Emporium, at which I shopped earlier this week, just after 8h30. I’m not a supermarket lover, and have no affinity for Checkers as a brand, the only store I’ve been to on occasion being the one in the Point Mall in Sea Point,with poor service, especially at the tills. The newish Constantia Emporium Branch is fantastic, has massive space in clearly laid out aisles, as well as shops- in-the-shop, such as My Sugar. Special offers for their Loyalty Card holders were clear to see, and the friendly staff member at the till offered